Columbia Engineering Faculty Honored

Columbia Engineering faculty gathered at Carleton Lounge September 24 to recognize recent achievements, welcome newcomers, and look forward to the busy year ahead.

“It is really a privilege and honor to be leading this faculty and to be a part of this community,” said Dean Mary C. Boyce, who noted that Columbia Engineering was named the best school for online graduate education this year by U.S. News & World Report. The publication also recently ranked the graduate program twelfth overall, giving it the top engineering slot in the Ivy League.

Top faculty accomplishments this past year include the election of Julia Hirschberg, the Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of Computer Science, to the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences, and Mihalis Yannakakis, the Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of Computer Science, to the National Academy of Sciences. Donald Goldfarb, Alexander and Hermine Avanessians Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, won the John von Neumann Theory Prize, and Bjarne Stroupstrup, Professor of Computer Science (visiting), won the Charles Stark Draper Prize.

Columbia Engineering recently recognized accomplishments and honors earned by its faculty over the past year. The school also welcomed 13 new faculty members. Click the arrows on either side of the image to see more photos from the reception.

Two computer science professors were elected to national societies. Mihalis Yannakakis (center) was elected to the National Academy of Sciences; Julia Hirschberg (right) was elected American Academy of the Arts and Sciences.

Dean Boyce listed faculty members who earned promotion, received tenure, or moved on to tenure track.

IEOR Professor Donald Goldfarb (left) won the 2017 John von Newmann Theory Prize. Mechanical Engineering Professor Michael Massimino received the National Space Club Communicators Award, in addition to other honors.

X. Edward Guo was named the Stanley Dicker Professor of Biomedical Engineering.

The gathering also recognized those who have published books, won election to professional societies, held scholarly leadership positions, received teaching awards, or had their work translated to industry. Associate Dean Neil McClure outlined the array of awards and recognitions received; Senior Executive Vice Dean Shih-Fu Chang introduced new faculty members. In the past year, Columbia Engineering has welcomed 13 new hires, bringing to 87 the number of new faculty members joining across all ranks since 2014.